Refugees medically evacuated from Nauru spend weeks in Brisbane hotel awaiting treatment

Syed* and Rodan* say they don’t understand why they have been isolated since arriving last month

Two refugees who were medically evacuated from Australian offshore detention on Nauru before Christmas say they have spent weeks isolated in a Brisbane hotel while waiting for medical treatment.

Bangladeshi refugee Syed* was flown to Australia on 23 December for medical reasons. But two-and-a-half weeks later, he said he had yet to see a doctor or leave the hotel.

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